#1950
Entrance to the Cult of the Abyss~
Since the escape of one of their members the cult leaders have decided to
take steps to prevent unauthorised access, and so have set up this guard
room.  Looks like getting in won't be as easy as you thought...  
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#1951
A hall in the cult~
You're standing in a hall running east and west in the gloom.  To the
north is a solid-looking door covered in runic inscriptions, while to the
south is the door leading out of this dark and evil place.
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#1952
A hall in the cult~
The dark hall ends here with three doors to the north, south and west. 
The door to the west has runic inscriptions on it.  
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inscriptions~
The inscriptions aren't in any language you can understand.  
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#1953
A dormitory~
This long dark room has several beds along one wall.  The ceiling has
been painted in all manner of strange and disturbing designs and you wonder
how anyone could stand to sleep here.  
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ceiling~
The designs painted onto the ceilings follow a strange spiral pattern
that confuses the eye and makes you giddy.  As you stare it it the patterns
seem to shift to form weird demonic figures and symbols of evil.  
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#1954
Initiatory chamber~
This chamber seems to be where new members to the cult are initiated.  A
variety of sinister-looking devices are arranged around the walls, while a
large shallow pool of steaming water stands in the center.  A massive iconic
portrait of a charismatic-looking man dominates the western wall, and
underneath is some writing.  
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devices~
The devices are similar to those you'd expect to see in a torture
chamber, but here they are used to "purify" the body and soul of the
initiate.  
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pool~
The water in the pool is bubbling and steaming up from a
mineral-encrusted hole at the center.  Clearly this is fed by some kind of
natural hot spring.  
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portrait~
The artist who painted this portrait was either mad or a genius, probably
both.  He has captured something about the face and eyes that makes them
strangely compelling, and you find it difficult to look away.  
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The writing says "Praise be to the Voice of the Abyss".
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#1955
The robing chamber~
This small chamber seems to be some kind of dressing room.  Shelves hold
dozens of black robes complete with hoods and black cord belts.  
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#1956
Temple of the Abyss~
This massive chamber reeks of blood, sweat, and incense.  The ceiling
rises up to disappear into the gloom overhead, and you feel dwarfed by the
long tapestries that hang from the heights.  On the north side of the
chamber you see a large altar, behind which is a large ring of gold full of
an unnatural grey energy.  Could this be a portal to another place?  
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#1957
A hall in the cult~
The dark hall ends here with three doors to the north, south and east. 
You get a sense of overwhelming evil to the east.  
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#1958
A dormitory~
This long dark room has several beds along one wall.  The ceiling has
been painted in all manner of strange and disturbing designs and you wonder
how anyone could stand to sleep here.  
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#1959
Chamber of the Voice~
This is the first chamber you've seen with decent furnishings. 
Tapestries depicting dark scenes of torture hang from the walls, while the
floor is thickly carpeted.  A prayer mat lays in the centre of the room.  
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#1960
Dining hall~
Ah, it seems even cultists need to eat.  Several long tables with benches
dominate this room, and a hearth fire burns strangely smokeless at one end
of the room.  A large cauldron hangs over the fire, and you can smell food
cooking in it.  
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#1961
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
itself.  
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#1962
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1963
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1964
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1965
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1966
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
itself.  
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#1967
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1968
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1969
Between the planes~
You float, trapped between the planes of existence.  All around you
tendrils of mist turned red by the strange light caress you as you pass. 
There is no direction here, no landmarks, no matter that you can see other
than yourself, but you get a sense that you are not alone in this strange
place.  One way is as good as another, yet you feel that somewhere in this
place is a passage back to your own world, as well as a portal to the Abyss
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#1970
The rim of the Abyss~
You're standing on a narrow ledge which surrounds a seeming bottomless
pit.  You can see nothing in the pit except blackness, but you can hear a
thunderous rasping breathing noise issuing from it.  
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#1971
The rim of the Abyss~
You're standing on a narrow ledge which surrounds a seeming bottomless
pit.  You can see nothing in the pit except blackness, but you can hear a
thunderous rasping breathing noise issuing from it.  
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#1972
The rim of the Abyss~
You're standing on a narrow ledge which surrounds a seeming bottomless
pit.  You can see nothing in the pit except blackness, but you can hear a
thunderous rasping breathing noise issuing from it.  
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#1973
The rim of the Abyss~
You're standing on a narrow ledge which surrounds a seeming bottomless
pit.  You can see nothing in the pit except blackness, but you can hear a
thunderous rasping breathing noise issuing from it.  
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#1974
In the Abyss~
After leaping into the pit you expected to fall, but instead you find
yourself abruptly floating in a dull grey void.  There seems to be no way
out.  
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